One of the most prolific fund raisers of the Ipswich and District branch is Marjorie Jackson. In the last five years Mrs Jackson has made over 500 soft toys, raising £300 for branch funds. In 1978 Mrs Jackson made souvenirs for the Cup... - View image in PDF
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The remains of Margate pier after the storm of 1977 — the badly damaged lifeboat station stands isolated between it and the shore. (Inset) The new station, built near the landward end of the old pier.. - View image in PDF
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New birth for Oban lifeboat!Oban's new Trent had been on service for less than three weeks when her services were first officially recognised - by the naming of a baby!baby! The Trent, Mora Edith Macdonald, received her 'award'...
RNLI London Events Office held a James Bond fundraising party on the River Thames aboard HMS Belfast on 25 September.. - View image in PDF
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The 37-foot Oakley life-boat Amelia which was paraded in London in the 1968 Lord Mayor's Show. The same life-boat was also on show in the forecourt of St. Paul's Cathedral and the climax to her three-day stay was a service on board... - View image in PDF
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THE Institution is very anxious to form or develop Branches in the following places in the Welsh District and would be very grateful to any readers of The Lifeboat who could help it to do this, either personally or by putting it in touch... - View image in PDF
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The hull form of the Waveney is shown clearly as the first UK-built boat (44-002) undergoes her righting trial in October 1966. - View image in PDF
Note the flat sections aft to promote planing.. - View image in PDF
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FROM the Abstract of the Wreck Register presented by the Board of Trade, before the close of last Session, to Parliament, it appears that the number of shipwrecks, casualties, and collisions on and near the coasts of the United Kingdom,...
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On Saturday, July 2 Port St Mary lifeboat, the 54' Arun The Cough Ritchie, went to the help of a small boat reported drifting with a fouled propeller on to the rocks below Ronaldsway Flying Club, about eight miles north east of the... - View image in PDF
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PAID TO THE ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION DURING THE TEN YEARS ENDED 31st DECEMBER, 1890.
[Legaciet under £100 are omitted after having been publuhed twice in the Annual .Reports,] Amount...
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